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The DeanBeat: The crazy sanity of the Square Enix and Embracer Group deal

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 6, 2022
4 min

“Why am I seeking logic or sanity here?” I asked myself. “There hasn’t been any so far.” — Endymion, by Dan Simmons, 1996. I...

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Ready Games shows how blockchain games can debut on Apple and Google stores

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 6, 2022
8 min

Ready Games has launched a division to bring mobile blockchain games and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to the Apple and Google app stores. That sounds...

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Eve Online is bringing narrative focused updates

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 6, 2022
2 min

CCP Games is working on releasing a series of narrative-driven updates for the infamous space-based MMO Eve Online. The set of updates was revealed...

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 film beats predecessor, speeding to $331.6M at the box office

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 6, 2022
1 min

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has beat the original film by scoring $331.64 million at the global box office. That makes it the most successful...

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Filmmakers adapting video games don’t have to be fans — but it helps

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
May 5, 2022
2 min

The movie industry is making more adaptations of video games than ever before, and the dynamics of the forms of media have changed. At...

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RiffTrax: The Game review: Easily worth the price of admission

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 5, 2022
3 min

I was really upset when The Sci-Fi Channel (now SyFy) cancelled Mystery Science Theater 3000. I had only discovered the show in 1997, but...

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Chinatown Detective Agency review: Carmen Sandiego meets cybernoir

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
May 5, 2022
5 min

A mystery story is one of the most wonderful, exhilarating experiences in any form of media: following clues, interrogating suspects, finding the facts, and...